Author: Alex Schadenberg

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition New Zealand’s parliament passed a euthanasia bill in November 2019 by a vote of 69 to 51. In order to obtain the necessary votes to the government agreed to a referendum on the bill. New Zealand is now debating the legalization of euthanasia as they approach a …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On September 11, 2019, Justice Christine Baudouin of the  Quebec Superior Court  struck down the section of Canada’s euthanasia law limiting euthanasia to people whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.” The Truchon decision was not appealed by the federal or provincial governments, creating a new debate concerning …

Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention  On May 6, I reported that Hospice New Zealand had applied for an urgent court injunction concerning their right to conscientiously object to doing euthanasia.  The New Zealand parliament had passed a euthanasia bill in November 2019 by a vote of 69 to 51. But in order to get the …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Sign and share the petition: Hospice Organizations Must NOT be Forced to do Euthanasia. In February 2018 the Board of the BC Delta Hospice was given an Edict from Fraser Health to provide euthanasia (Medical Aid in Dying–MAiD). At that time, the Board of the Delta Hospice decided not …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide is being debated in the Uruguayan Congress. The Uruguay bill lacks definition allowing it to have a wide interpretation. Euthanasia is an intentional act to kill a person, upon request, who is disabled, sick or suffering. In most countries, …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A recent report from the End of Life Working Group of the Canadian Bar Association suggests several “problems” with Bill C-7, the bill to expand euthanasia in Canada. Bill C-7 goes much further than the Quebec Superior Court’s Truchon decision but not as far as the Canadian Bar Association …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition ABC News Australia, state political reporter, Josh Bavas, is reporting that the Queensland Australia euthanasia bill will be deferred until after the October 31, 2020 election.  Bavas wrote: …Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament this morning the legislation would instead be referred to the Queensland Law Reform Commission …